Mod edit: Changed the name of the thread to discourage the otherwise inevitable onslaught of board posts. Unless Green or someone close to the situation confirms his choice before the announcement, there doesn't need to be another thread posted. If someone wants to start an announcement open thread sometime close to 4:00, go for it. JGB.

I don't understand why there is this intense aversion to starting new threads on an internet message board - a place designed for discussion. If someone starts a thread and no one responds, it'll drop off the first page pretty quickly. If it does garner responses, then obviously it was worth posting in the first place. So what's the problem?

I have a very dry sense of humor and an affinity that boarders madness for Michigan football. Fortunately, I can not claim the priority high ground on any of the degenerate Michigan Football fans on this board and I would not have it any other way.

I don't want to sound overly pessimistic, but I just want people to be aware that whenever a recruit is involved with Auburn, there tend to be, in certain high profile cases, some shady dealings involved. I'm not saying that Green wont pick Michigan, but I'm saying I wouldn't be surprised if he were to pick Auburn. Tennessee is a long shot, though.

We work twice as hard as anyone in Europe. So what we have a bunch of shit we don't need. I understand their jealously, but they sure don't deny our help when some 3rd world country threatens a nuke or kills some children.

"I live just south of Richmond, VA and have a buddy who is a coach at Hermitage High. According to him (and he has been in constant contact with Derrick) Derrick really likes Michigan and Tennessee, but he is not a fan of Ann Arbor. Knoxville won him over when it comes to where he would want to live for 4 years. Also, he connected better with Jay Graham than any of the other RB coaches. So, as of right now, it’s Tennessee. However, we all know how these things can change." -Some commenter on SBNation

It's no secret that persuading an elite RB from the south to come to a northern school is a difficult task, but a look at Scout's rankings from 2002-2012 illustrate just how daunting it is.

Going by Scout's RB rankings from 2002 through 2012 (11 total years), the #1 rated back in the country has signed with a Big 10 or northern school exactly once—in 2006, when Beanie Wells from Akron signed with OSU.

In seven of the years from 2002-2012, the #1 back has hailed from a southern state, and not a single one signed with a Big 10 or northern school. In the 3 remaining years, the #1 back was from California (twice) or Kansas, and those players went to FSU, Colorado (go figure), and Tennessee.

What's especially notable is how few of the top RBs from 2002-2012 have signed with northern schools.

Of the 69 total 5-star RBs, 9 signed with northern or Big 10 schools, and eight of those recruits were from northern states. The only outlier was Marlon Lucky (CA) in 2005, who signed with then-Big 12 member Nebraska. Not a single 5-star RB from a southern state signed with a Big 10 or northern school from 2002-2012.

If you expand the list to the top ten backs in each class (comprised of 5- and 4-stars) from 2002-2012 (a total of 110), 16 recruits signed with Big 10 or northern schools, and 13 of them were from northern states. Just three of the top ten backs from 2002-2012 who were from the South signed with northern schools: McGuffie (TX) to UM in 2008; Jamall Berry (FL) to OSU in 2009; Cierre Wood (GA) to ND in 2009.

* I am not making the assertion that the only good RBs are 5- and 4-stars, or that RBs outside the top 10 are not worthy; I am only looking at the available recruiting data on Scout relative to the chances of getting the #1 RB in the country from Virginia to come north to Michigan.

* I know that some may question the designation of Virginia as a southern state, but IMHO the preponderance of Virginia's history (including but not limited to the whole seat of the Confederacy thing) makes it much more southern than northern.

If Green chooses Michigan, it will be a tremendous achievement by Hoke and his staff. If Green chooses Auburn or Tennessee or some other southern school, it will simply be a continuation of the recent record. The conventional wisdom from most Michigan recruiting analysts (Webb, TomVH, et al) has had Green coming to Michigan for quite a while now, but given the historical record I'm still a bit skeptical.

If Green does stay in the south, I'd like to have a dollar for every "Hoke can't close" comment on MGoBlog.

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." — Mencken

awesome/bad for moderating as that day in 2011 where the whole sideboard was filled up with new and improved _ For Denard posts.

For anyone who wasn't around, it was hilarious (though now I can see why it maybe wasn't hilarious to everyone). One guy made a post titled "Scared For Denard" about Hoke/Borges not taking advantage of his talents and, direct quote, "ruining him", and the board predictably responded by making like a dozen "Excited for Denard", "Gay for Denard" threads. It got all the way to "Tacos for Denard" before Seth pulled the plug and made an "Adjective for Denard" thread, which then resulted in someone pointing out in the mod sticky that a taco isn't an adjective. Good times were had.

We bring you to Michigan to take care of Michigan. Your job is to protect that block M.
-Carol Hutchins

New board post is ok with me. We could really use him, so I will occupy my time with random crap today until 4 hits. Then I will watch ESPN's lack of coverage on the announcement sans he chosses Auburn...then they will go apeshit over it.

Ever notice how everytime ND upgrades their stadium, it still looks like the Big House? The 2015 artist rendering is no different...Go Blue

My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Derrick Green tweeting and texting the word Michiburnsee at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.

My girlfriend wanted to come over and do dirty things this afternoon and I told her I was swamped with case studies and other non-existent tasks. Obviously, I wanted to be here at 4:00 to either celebrate wildly or emotionally implode with my internet friends upon hearing the decision of an 18 year old.

"Can Michigan steal RB Green from SEC?" It assumes that Green's is the SEC's in the first place! He's from Virginia (not SEC territory!) & he never committed to anyone in the SEC so they have no more claim to them than Slippery Rock does. Here's ESPN's headline: http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/college-football/rumors/post?id=698

Since this thread has a few hours before its logical and new sh*t has come to light I found it interesting that our beloved David Cone was ranked 1 spot ahead of Colin Kaepernick according to Rivals in 2006. Food for thought, Just think, it coulda been him... #Cone #FebreezeInTheKitchen

Since this thread has a few hours before its logical and new sh*t has come to light I found it interesting that our beloved David Cone was ranked 1 spot ahead of Colin Kaepernick according to Rivals in 2006. Food for thought, Just think, it coulda been him... #Cone #FebreezeInTheKitchen

I think it is. It says "Derrick Green just announced his college destination." If it was intentionally early wouldn't it say "Derrick Green's decision has been leaked" or something? On the other hand it is still up.

There's no indication whatsoever on Scout of any mutual interest between Arkansas and Green, but that info might be pretty old. If nothing else, the big meathead could stress how his system is built around a feature back running behind a huge OL.

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." — Mencken

Meanwhile, at the UT Boards, they also seem a little less than fully confident, with more seeming to think he's leaning towards Michigan than Auburn (lots of these posts won't be visible unless you're a 24/7 VIP or whatever it's called)..

And i hope the jerks on this site don't think it's funny and start posting fake announcements around 4pm. Have some class today people we're all waiting in anticipation, don't make it more annoying then it needs to be by being jerks.

Scout briefly had a page up saying Green committed to U of M. That page is now down for whatever reason. The "hello" post here was taken down because one it is premature and two it is messed up to ruin this kids moment.

My apologies to anyone offended by the "Hello" thread. I saw the article on Scout, went to post it in this thread and read:

"Unless Green or someone close to the situation confirms his choice before the announcement, there doesn't need to be another thread posted."

I figured Scout would be reputable enough to fall into that category. Luckily, Scout has taken their pre-mature article down, and Green will get to make his announcement at 4:00 as planned. Hopefully he goes blue.

Yeah, I honestly wasn't trying to fuck anything up. Just saw the article, clicked on this thread to post it because I thought it was relevant, and when I read your mod edit in the original post I thought that was the situation I was in. I'm glad scout took it down, glad the "Hello" post was taken down, and am looking forward to his announcement.

L O L that is the funniest joke I've ever heard!! And you know what? It's just so damn original. I would have never thought that his last name is a color! And not only that but it's a color of a rival school! How ironic!!